Martin hess



(No Model.)

M. HESS. PAGKAGE -FNVELOPBl INEA/70H Patented Aug. 8, 1893.VV

W/TNESSESL' A TTOHNEYS,

NITRD STATES PATENT ,OF-Fics.

MARTIN nnss, on' NEW YORK, N. Y.

PACKAGE-ENVELOPE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 502,966, dated August8, 1893.

l Application tiled October 1.892. Serial No. 448,987. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN Hnss, of New York city, in the county andState of New VYork, have invented a new and VImproved Package-Envelope,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in package envelopes, and has forits object to provide an envelope adapted to be attached to packages andto con-tain a bill, or bills, or messages to be conveyed simultaneouslywith the package. A

A further object of the invention is to provide a means whereby theenvelope may be readily applied to a package, may. contain the addressof the person to whom the package is to be sent, and whereby furtherwhen the envelope reaches its destination it may be expeditiously andconveniently removed from the package without'injury to either, theenvelope remaining sealed after being detached.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts,

' as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be hadto the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures and letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts, in all'the views.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the blank from which the envelope isconstructed. Fig.2 is a front elevation of the folded envelope,showingit in position to be attached to a package. Fig. 3 illustratesthe envelope sealed and applied to a package. Fig. 4 is a bottom planview of the envelope after it is removed from the package; and Fig' isan exterior view of that portion of the package to which the envelopehas been applied and showing the appearance of the package after theenvelope is removed.

The blank from which the envelope is made may be constructed of anyapproved material; ordinarily a tough paper is employed. The blank isdivided. into two sections A and B b y means of a score line 10; thesection A, which is to constitute the back of the envelope, ispreferably wider than the section B, as at each side of the section A,parallel with its margins a score line 11, is produced, that portion ofthe material between the score lines 11 and the outer edges of thesection A constituting flaps 12. The score lines 11 meet lines ofperforations 13, and these lines of perforations extend from thetransverse score line l0-t0 the outer end of the front section B. Thelines of perforations 13, are near the side margins of the section B ofthe blank, but the side margins proper are made up of a series ofscallops 14. A sealing Hap l5, is formed at the outer end margin of thesection B preferably at its center,'and scallops 16, are located at eachside of that flap, the inner line of the endscallops beingdeflned bylines of perforations 17, joining the sidelines of perforations 13.

In that portion of the rear section A of the l envelope blank adjacentto the transverse or dividing score line l0, preferably near the outerends of that line, one or more scallops 18, are produced, and thesescallops are formed by producing cuts 19 in the section, as shown inFig. 4, the inner line of scallops 18, being likewise defined by linesof perforations.

In forming the envelope the side flaps 12 of the section A, are gummedupon their under faces, and are then turned over upon the body of thesection inward in direction of each other; and the faces of all of thescallops, including also the sealing flap 15, are likewise gummed. Afterthe flaps 12, are folded over upon the section A, the gummed surface isdampened and the front section B of the blank is then carried overon thescore line 10 and is connected with the rear section by means of thesaid gummed flaps of the latter. By this means an envelopeis made closedat one end and at lthe sides, and provided with a mouth at the oppositeend. A bill, for example, is made out ,for a distant purchaser; the billis placed in the envelope and upon the front of the envelope the addressof the proper party is inscribed. The sealing flap 15, is next dampenedand carried over the mouth of the envelope, to engage with the mouththereof, as shown in Fig. 4. This envelope, containing the bill, is thenhanded to the packer, andl after the goods tion, the envelope containingthe bill is at hand also, and the person receiving the goods may quicklyremove the envelope without inj uring it in the least, by simply passinga finger, or any suitable instrument under one end of the envelope andtearing it away from the package. The envelope will leave the package onthe lines of perforations 13 and 17, and the scallops Will remain uponthe package as shown in Fig. 5, While the envelope when removed willappear as shown in Figb 4. By opening the mouth of the envelope in theusual manner the contents of said envelope are rendered visible.

It is obvious that an envelope constructed as above described may bemanipulated in an expeditious and convenientl manner, and further thatthe envelope will save the time and Work of one address, since theaddress upon the envelope may be utilized as the address for the packageof goods.` Furthermore it is a great convenience to the purchaser as thebill of the goods will arrive simultaneously with said goods.

Having thus described my invention, l claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentl. An envelope provided with a series of scallop-likeprojections along its margin and extending therefrom, Said scallopsbeing adapted to receive a cementing compound, and a line ofperforations dividing the scallop-like projections from the body of theenvelope, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. An envelope provided with a series of marginal projections, lines ofperforations separating the body of the envelope from the projections,and a Hap adapted to close the mouth of the envelope, as and for thepurpose specified.

3. A blank for envelopes consisting of an outer section provided withmarginal projections and a line of perforations dividing suchprojections from the body, and an inner sec tion having attaching iiapsadapted to be gummed to the outer section, at a point inside theaforesaid line of perforations when the two sections are joined to formthe envelope, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. A package envelope formed of a blank folded to forni overlappingsections A B, the section B having marginal projections whereby it canbe secured to the page, such section having lines of perforationsseparating the projections from the body of the section B, u

the section A having its edges gummed to the section B at a point insidethe aforesaid perforations, all substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

MARTIN HESS.

Vitnesses:

HENRY NELSON, LEOPOLD VEIT,

